Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

POLLUTION OF WATERS BY OIL AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 1993 - REG 5

5 .         Prescribed manner of notifying incidents etc.

        (1)         For the purposes of sections 11(1) and (3) and 22(1) and (3) of the Act, a prescribed incident is notified in the prescribed manner if it is notified — 

            (a)         in the manner prescribed by the Marine Orders made for the purposes of the corresponding sections of the Commonwealth Act; or

            (b)         in the manner prescribed by the Marine Orders made for the purposes of the corresponding sections of the Commonwealth Act but conveyed through — 

                  (i)         the Department; or

                  (ii)         a port signal station.

        (2)         For the purposes of section 12(1) a discharge from a place on land is notified in the prescribed manner if it is notified in the manner prescribed by subregulation (1).

        [Regulation 5 amended in Gazette 6 Oct 2006 p. 4362 and 4363.]